daddy started a new semester and we went along for the ride on his first week back.
the boys got some play time in with cousins and us girls got to do some shopping 🙂
and we also snuck in some ear piercing! oh anna kate, that was by far the saddest cry i have ever heard from you, but it also ended quickly as granny gave you your first sucker. 🙂
that night we celebrated gramps’ birthday { a few days late } 🙂
as quick of a trip it was, we packed in so much to celebrate!
xxoo
last year we surprised papaw with balloons and a birthday cake for his birthday. we remembered how much he loved those balloons so this year after celebrating his birthday at mass we decided we could still send him balloons….
jack was a little hesitant at first. but he decided he wanted to draw a picture on his balloon before he sent it. i have to say i haven’t seen the boy so excited to see the balloons disappear. he kept running outside to check on them. the last time he came inside the house he had a smile from ear to ear and asked “do you think everyone in heaven is trying to catch those balloons?”
we enjoyed making it a special day here. we miss him so much!
eternal rest grant unto him oh lord and let your perpetual light shine upon him.
may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of god rest in peace. amen.
xxoo
it was a very merry christmas. we wish you the happiest new year 2016
xxoo
jack anthony 5. samuel fulton 3. anna kate frances 4 months.
oh how next year will look so different! we enjoyed the holidays loving on our babies…
watching them decorate the house and discover all the sweet things about the holidays…
next season will be just as exciting!
xxoo
this was the second year to host new years at our house, so i’m going to go ahead and call it a new years tradition. i look forward to it as much as christmas 🙂 it was such a great new years eve here. last year, all the adults went out and this year we decided to stay in. it couldn’t have been more fun. i haven’t laughed so hard in the longest time! we created some great memories…
{and as always mainly took pictures of the kids…}
{ak discovered her toes can reach her mouth just before the new year!}
{ it was sparkling pear juice… 🙂 }
we look forward to see what the new year holds…
happy new years 2016!
a little meet up with the cousins never hurt anyone… 🙂 the sunday after christmas the cold weather finally blew through. we met up with holly and travis and the kids for mass and lunch. it was so good to be able to see them one more time before they headed back home.
xxoo
what a treat christmas day was this year, jack and samuel you had quite the surprise waiting for you under nana’s christmas tree
we headed off to the park and spent the afternoon playing with your new toys!
it was so crazy how warm the weather was this christmas. jack you were a pro on your bike and loved going so fast! samuel you were still a bit nervous and preferred racing daddy by foot.
we headed back to the house and enjoyed a wonderful lunch together.
anna kate you can really steal a show with your smiles… nana made you your very own blanket for christmas. you clearly loved it!
it was good to be together again and we feel so blessed that albie’s job allowed him to be home for the holidays…
of course this year was the first christmas with anna kate in our arms. last year, the best christmas gift to me, was papaw wiping a tear from his eye when we surprised them with the news of grand-baby number three for them. i will never forget that. this year was very hard without him there with us… but we take comfort in knowing how proud he is of us for still getting together, eating all the yummy treats, spoiling these little babies and honoring the ONE who has blessed us all and given us the graces to get through this year…
xxoo
it was a very warm christmas this year… and of course very loud. here’s our christmas, best told in pictures… and a few minor details 😉
christmas eve afternoon we did some christmas carolin’ …
after the food was all prepared we stopped to watch the kids perform the nativity… this year all three kids were able to take part 🙂
before everyone parted ways we gathered together to sing happy birthday to sweet baby jesus and each child said thank you to Him in their own special way…
we look forward to it all year and it goes by so fast. i am so thankful for the memories our babies are getting to make with their cousins. we are already looking forward to next year’s christmas.
merry christmas
xxoo
cheers to forty-five years!
it started out as a “this could be fun” idea between us sisters… gramps got a new shed this last year, kindle got great party lights, we started getting excited about being together and of course all the older kids just want a dance party… so a surprise anniversary party was created.
it. was. so. perfect.
we got better memories than photos…
the memory i took with me is realizing this is what love is…
we are truly blessed and we cannot thank these two love birds enough for their example they show us. their great faith and love for christ, one another, and this family is unlike any other!
may the lord bless you with many more years together!
xxoo
a little dinner and christmas lights with mama’s aunts and cousins… i would love to do this again next year!
i couldn’t help but think of how happy our gramps and granny would be to know that we can still get together like this to enjoy these little moments.
{thank you to colleen for these pictures, especially for taking a picture of our little clan}
xxoo